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Students from Salida Del Sol Elementary School are evacuated to the cafeteria by police officers after three schools went on lockdown in Yuma, Ariz. The unconfirmed report of a person with a gun initially prompted the lockdowns.

Daredevil French climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, climbs the Habana Libre hotel. Robert climbed the 22 floors of the hotel in 28 minutes. Robert has climbed more than 100 of the world's tallest buildings, including the 2,716-foot Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Sears Tower in Chicago and the 88-story Jin Mao Building in Shanghai.

A Palestinian child cries after his family house was demolished by the municipality in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina. The municipality says the building was constructed without proper permits and that its structure was not sound. The 33-member family says it was waiting to receive permits.

Rex, the world's first "bionic man," during a photo shoot at the Science Museum. The $1-million humanoid has a distinctly human shape and boasts prosthetic limbs, a functional artificial blood circulatory system complete with artificial blood, as well as an artificial pancreas, kidney, spleen and trachea.

An image from the NASA Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's north polar hexagon in the sun's light now that spring has come to the northern hemisphere. Many smaller storms dot the north polar region and Saturn's signature rings, which appear to disappear on account of Saturn's shadow, put in an appearance in the background.

Pictures in the News | Feb. 5, 2013

In Tuesday’s Pictures in the News: French climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, climbs the Habana Libre hotel without a net in Havana (more photos); skier Lindsey Vonn is airlifted after crashing during the women’s super-G course at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria; “Rex,” the world’s first “bionic man,” is shown off during a photo call at the Science Museum in London; and there’s more.